Ultrasound of the Gastrointestinal Tract

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Maconi, Giovanni (Editor), Porro, Gabriele Bianchi (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2007.
• Series: Medical Radiology, Diagnostic Imaging,
• Subjects: Medicine.; Radiology.; Internal medicine.; Gastroenterology.; Surgery.; Medicine & Public Health.; Imaging / Radiology.; Diagnostic Radiology.; Ultrasound.; Internal Medicine.

Transabdominal ultrasound has become accepted in clinical practice as a primary imaging procedure in the diagnostic work-up and follow-up of various disorders of the gastrointestinal tract. This book provides a comprehensive overview of the use of ultrasound in the imaging of acute and chronic infla...

Table of Contents:

• Acute Abdomen
• Acute Appendicitis and Appendiceal Mucocele
• Mesenteric Lymphadenopathy
• Acute Colonic Diverticulitis and Diverticulosis
• Intestinal Obstruction
• Abdominal Hernias, Volvulus and Intussusception
• Ischemic Colitis
• Chronic Inflammatory Bowel Diseases
• Crohn’s Disease
• Ulcerative Colitis
• Malabsorption
• Coeliac Disease
• Lymphangiectasia, Whipple’s Disease and Eosinophilic Enteritis
• Infections
• Infectious Enteritis
• Intestinal Tuberculosis
• Pseudomembranous Colitis
• Amoebic, Ascariasis and Other Parasitic and Infectious Enteritis
• Neoplasm
• Colorectal Cancer
• Gastric Cancer
• Gastrointestinal Lymphoma
• Peritoneal Metastasis
• Carcinoid and Submucosal Tumors
• Procedures and Technical Developments
• Intravenous Contrast-Enhanced Bowel Ultrasound
• Oral Contrast-Enhanced Bowel Ultrasound
• Functional Ultrasound of the Gastrointestinal Tract
• Three-Dimensional Ultrasound of the Gastrointestinal Tract
• Percutaneous Gastrointestinal Biopsy.